Illegal or Unethical Care Practices

NOW F OR AN ORIGINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Illegal or Unethical Care Practices

Social Justice is acting in accordance with fair treatment regardless of economic status, race, ethnicity, age, citizenship, disability, or sexual orientation.

The baccalaureate program prepares the graduate to:

1. Demonstrate the professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct.

2. Assume accountability for personal and professional behaviors.

3. Promote the image of nursing by modeling the values and articulating the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the nursing profession.

4. Demonstrate professionalism, including attention to appearance, demeanor, respect for self and others, and attention to professional boundaries with patients and families as well as among caregivers.

5. Demonstrate an appreciation of the history of and contemporary issues in nursing and their impact on current nursing practice.

6. Reflect on one’s own beliefs and values as they relate to professional practice.

Identify personal, professional, and environmental risks that impact personal and professional choices and behaviors.

8. Communicate to the healthcare team one’s personal bias on difficult healthcare decisions that impact one’s ability to provide care.

9. Recognize the impact of attitudes, values, and expectations on the care of the very young, frail older adults, and other vulnerable populations.

10. Protect patient privacy and confidentiality of patient records and other privileged communications.

11. Access interprofessional and intraprofessional resources to resolve ethical and other practice dilemmas.

12. Act to prevent unsafe, illegal, or unethical care practices.

13. Articulate the value of pursuing practice excellence, lifelong learning, and professional engagement to foster professional growth and development.

14. Recognize the relationship between personal health, self renewal, and the ability to deliver sustained quality care.

Sample Content

• Nurse Practice Acts and scope of practice • professional codes of conduct and professional standards (e.g., ANA, Code of

Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, 2005; International Council of Nursing, Code of Ethics for Nurses, 2006, and AACN’s Hallmarks of the Professional Nursing Practice Environment, 2002)

• ethical and legal frameworks and social implications • communication • interprofessional teams and team building concepts • cultural humility and spiritual awareness • health disparities • history of nursing • contemporary nursing issues • problem solving methods such as appreciative inquiry • professional accountability • stereotypes and biases, such as gender, race, and age discrimination • nurse self care/stress management strategies • human rights • informed consent • professional identity formation • privacy, confidentiality • moral agency • professional image • self reflection, personal knowing, personal selfcare plan • professional organizations, particularly nursing and healthcare organizations

Essential IX: Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice

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